a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

the enclosed land around a house or other building

a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

a tract of land where logs are accumulated

an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard

coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field

(football) a marker indicating the yard line

a ruler or tape that is three feet long

an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises

South American bean having very long succulent pods

distance measured in the aggregate number of yards

either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship

a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards

a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence

worker in a railway yard

a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)

a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard

a measure or standard used for comparison

a ruler or tape that is three feet long